38: Greywalker
38. Greywalker, Kat Richardson
37. Blockade Billy, Stephen King
36. The Pelican Brief, John Grisham*
35. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, David Grann
34. While My Pretty One Knits, Anne Canadeo
33. Ur, Stephen King* (audio)
32. The Firm, John Grisham*
31. Free-Range Knitter, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee*
30. Misery, Stephen King
29. Spook Country, William Gibson (audio)
28. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, Bill Bryson
27. People are Unappealing*: True Stories of Our Collective Capacity to Irritate and Annoy *Even Me, Sara Barron
26. The Green Mile, Stephen King*
25. Bag of Bones, Stephen King*
24. The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology, ed. Christopher Golden
23. Relentless, Dean Koontz
22. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting
21. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson
20. Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
19. The Stand, Stephen King*
18. Hollywood's Stephen King, Tony Magistrale
17. Hidden Empire, Orson Scott Card
16. Harem, Dora Levy Mossanen
15. Dies the Fire, S.M. Stirling
14. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Carl Sagan
13. Knitting Rules! The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing, & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka the Yarn Harlot
12. Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America, Linda Lawrence Hunt
11. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells
10. Patient Zero, Jonathon Maberry
9. God's Country, Percival Everett
8. Heart of Stone, C. E. Murphy
7. The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, William Kalush and Larry Sloman
6. The Good Fairies of New York, Martin Millar
5. Limeys: The True Story of One Man's War Against Ignorance, the Establishment and the Deadly Scurvy, David I. Harvie
4. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
3. Tatham Mound, Piers Anthony
2. Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank
1. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
This is the first in yet another urban fantasy series. Why do they call it urban fantasy? Because it's fantasy that takes place in the city? Or it's modern and fantastical? Because I'd call the True Blood series urban fantasy, even though it's set mostly in the middle of nowhere, Louisiana. According to Wikipedia: "Urban fantasy is a subset of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times or contain supernatural elements. However, this is not the primary definition of urban fantasy. Urban fantasy can be set in historical times, modern times, or futuristic times. The prerequisite is that it must be primarily set in a city, rather than in a suburban or country setting, which have their own genre subsets." And the list of examples includes both the Greywalker series and the Southern Vampire Mysteries (i.e., True Blood) series.
Greywalker is set in Seattle. The main character, Harper Blaine, dies for 2 minutes at the beginning of the book, which allows her to be able to see the Grey--that area between this world and the supernatural world. Or something. It's that area where ghosts live and where vampires go when they're being invisible. I like that Richardson didn't bother telling us about Harper's life before she was a Greywalker; that would have been boring. Harper has to learn to use her Grey skills, and she starts to in this book with the help of a witch and her husband (Mara and Ben). Harper meets vampires and necromancers and ghosts and a really sexy antiques dealer.
Overall, a fun way to kill time, and though the series may not be one I'll buy and keep, it will be one I'll read.
On another note, I just need to read 2 books in 8 days and I'll be on track for my 80 books this year. That is kind of exciting. Which obviously shows I need more excitement in my life.
37. Blockade Billy, Stephen King
36. The Pelican Brief, John Grisham*
35. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, David Grann
34. While My Pretty One Knits, Anne Canadeo
33. Ur, Stephen King* (audio)
32. The Firm, John Grisham*
31. Free-Range Knitter, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee*
30. Misery, Stephen King
29. Spook Country, William Gibson (audio)
28. The Lost Continent: Travels in Small-Town America, Bill Bryson
27. People are Unappealing*: True Stories of Our Collective Capacity to Irritate and Annoy *Even Me, Sara Barron
26. The Green Mile, Stephen King*
25. Bag of Bones, Stephen King*
24. The New Dead: A Zombie Anthology, ed. Christopher Golden
23. Relentless, Dean Koontz
22. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting
21. The Girl Who Played with Fire, Stieg Larsson
20. Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond
19. The Stand, Stephen King*
18. Hollywood's Stephen King, Tony Magistrale
17. Hidden Empire, Orson Scott Card
16. Harem, Dora Levy Mossanen
15. Dies the Fire, S.M. Stirling
14. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark, Carl Sagan
13. Knitting Rules! The Yarn Harlot Unravels the Mysteries of Swatching, Stashing, Ribbing, & Rolling to Free Your Inner Knitter, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, aka the Yarn Harlot
12. Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America, Linda Lawrence Hunt
11. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Rebecca Wells
10. Patient Zero, Jonathon Maberry
9. God's Country, Percival Everett
8. Heart of Stone, C. E. Murphy
7. The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, William Kalush and Larry Sloman
6. The Good Fairies of New York, Martin Millar
5. Limeys: The True Story of One Man's War Against Ignorance, the Establishment and the Deadly Scurvy, David I. Harvie
4. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
3. Tatham Mound, Piers Anthony
2. Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank
1. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
This is the first in yet another urban fantasy series. Why do they call it urban fantasy? Because it's fantasy that takes place in the city? Or it's modern and fantastical? Because I'd call the True Blood series urban fantasy, even though it's set mostly in the middle of nowhere, Louisiana. According to Wikipedia: "Urban fantasy is a subset of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times or contain supernatural elements. However, this is not the primary definition of urban fantasy. Urban fantasy can be set in historical times, modern times, or futuristic times. The prerequisite is that it must be primarily set in a city, rather than in a suburban or country setting, which have their own genre subsets." And the list of examples includes both the Greywalker series and the Southern Vampire Mysteries (i.e., True Blood) series.
Greywalker is set in Seattle. The main character, Harper Blaine, dies for 2 minutes at the beginning of the book, which allows her to be able to see the Grey--that area between this world and the supernatural world. Or something. It's that area where ghosts live and where vampires go when they're being invisible. I like that Richardson didn't bother telling us about Harper's life before she was a Greywalker; that would have been boring. Harper has to learn to use her Grey skills, and she starts to in this book with the help of a witch and her husband (Mara and Ben). Harper meets vampires and necromancers and ghosts and a really sexy antiques dealer.
Overall, a fun way to kill time, and though the series may not be one I'll buy and keep, it will be one I'll read.
On another note, I just need to read 2 books in 8 days and I'll be on track for my 80 books this year. That is kind of exciting. Which obviously shows I need more excitement in my life.